Chapter 137 3. Promote yourself

Cao Cao was naturally suspicious, worried that there was an ambush in Zhao Yun's camp, and immediately retreated quickly.Zhao Yun took the opportunity to beat the drums and shoot arrows, scaring Cao Jun into running for a long distance, trampling each other on the way, and many of them fell into the Han River and drowned. The next day, Liu Bei personally came to Zhao Yun's barracks, inspected yesterday's battlefield, and said: "Zilong is full of courage... However, in the ranking of the five tiger generals, you have to be ranked behind Ma Chao and Huang Zhong, and you cannot go forward. "

Why must Zhao Yun be wronged?For this reason, everyone knows it well.Because Zhao Yun saved Adou, he became Liu Bei's trusted minister of Tuogu in the future, and he wanted to leave Zhao Yun to Adou.If Zhao Yun's official title is too high now, it will be difficult for Adou to win over Zhao Yun in the future. Now trample on Zhao Yun, so that Zhao Yun is relatively low in the queue.When Adou is in power, there will be a lot of room for Zhao Yun to be promoted, and it will be difficult for Zhao Yun to feel embarrassed when he is promoted from the bottom all of a sudden. This guess was verified after Cao Cao retreated.But Cao Cao refuses to retreat now, so Liu Bei will not be polite to you.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei confronted each other for more than a month, begging Liu Bei to come out and fight every day, but Liu Bei would not go out.After more than a month, Cao Cao finally announced that he had surrendered. Where did Cao Cao lose?Lost the propaganda war. Cao Cao's military food was sufficient, and the transportation line from the rear kept bringing food in. Liu Bei tried to cut off Cao Cao's transportation line many times. Cao Cao also thought that Liu Bei was serious, so he confronted Liu Bei solemnly.But later he discovered that the so-called cutting off the transportation line was just Liu Bei's suspicious strategy, and Liu Bei was fighting a propaganda war.

Liu Bei kept sending people to publicize: "Cao Cao's name is Hanchen, but he is actually a Han thief. You see, he has become the king of Wei, and he will definitely usurp the throne in the next step." As a result of the propaganda war, soldiers on Cao Cao's side continued to flee.Because in the hearts of the soldiers, the emperor of the Han family is still recognized. If Cao Cao is a traitor, of course he should run away. According to "Three Kingdoms", the escape of soldiers on Cao Cao's side has a lot to do with his recent benevolent policy.You know, whether it is Cao Cao or Liu Bei, these people drive the people to fight on the battlefield for their own royal career.

Why don't you do it?The common people are not willing to die for the emperor, so the emperor has to think of cruel ways.On Cao Cao's side, it was stipulated that if a soldier escaped, the soldier's family would be executed immediately.The soldiers on the battlefield were worried that Cao Cao would kill his whole family, so they had to bite the bullet and die. At that time, such a thing happened, a soldier ran away suddenly.So the government immediately arrested the soldier's wife and prepared to kill her in half.The poor woman cried and said that she had just married, but in fact she hadn't even seen her husband's face, so why should she kill her?And is it such a terrible torture like beheading in half?

Fortunately, a responsible official was present at the time, and after careful investigation, it was discovered that the soldier had not escaped, but had been killed and his body was hidden.The purpose is probably to kill the soldier's family. This incident aroused discussions among the courtiers, who believed that it was too inhumane for the soldiers to flee and kill the whole family.So on Cao Cao's side, the use of this torture is somewhat relaxed.The soldiers became more courageous because of this, and began to flee without any scruples.Cao Cao also considered resuming corporal punishment, that is, cutting off a foot or digging out the kneecap of the fleeing soldiers, but the courtiers objected, so Cao Cao had no choice but to give up.

In short, the number of fleeing soldiers on Cao Cao's side increased day by day, so that Cao Cao finally couldn't hold on anymore. Liu Bei finally won once, which made Cao Cao very depressed. After holding back for a long time, he choked out a sentence and said, "Liu Bei was not so good before. This is because many villains helped him." When Cao Cao retreated, Liu Bei laughed. He said: "I performed very well, very outstanding. I suggest that you give me a promotion." King of Jin and Hanzhong. This king of Hanzhong is Liu Bei who must be promoted.Because he thought he was equal in intelligence to Cao Cao, and he had just defeated Cao Cao.Cao Cao has already promoted himself to be the king of Wei, so he has to get the king of Hanzhong no matter what, otherwise it will be too bad.